Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
State OepS.

near the railroad station at Fletcher. fell
down stairs Monday morning, breaking
her neck.
The Maine Commercial Travellers
ASSOCIATION, comprising 115 persons, was
entertained in Burlington last Thursday
and Friday.
The first stone in the foundation of the
Bennington battle monument was laid
Wednesday. The foundation
is of solid rock.
Charles Weirs was run oyer and killed
near East Barnet by a train on the Pas
sumpsic railroad at 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning. a broken jug was found by
the side of him.
The Burlington Gentlemen's Driving
club have decided to hold races at How
ard park three days of the last week in
July or the first week in August. Purses
amounting to $4,000 will be offered.
Hon. II. o. Houghton. of the firm of
Houghton. Mifilin Il Co. of Boston, has
given $500 worth of their best standard
books to the library of the university of
Vermont. Mr.. Houghton graduated at
Burlington in lS4G.
At the recent meeting of the board of
trustees of the university of Vermont
Judge Torrey +. Wales and Elias Lyman
were elected trustees to fill vacancies
caused by the death of Lawrence Barnes
and Henry LOOMS.
adirondack" Murray and Mr.. Knox
of the Texas Siftings will take their
cruise down the st. Lawrence soOn in
the interest of literature and inland
yachting. The yacht has just been
launched at Burlington.
Edwin Copeland of Mt. Holly. a one
armed veteran, while going to Ludlow,
Monday. to attended the celebration, and
walking beside a moving train. slipped
and fell so that his other arm went under
the car wheels, crushing it so it had to
be taken of at the wrist.
one of the Vermont veterans who has
put in a claim for a Mexican war pension
is George Robinson Joslyn of Westford.
now nearly - years old. He was a
teamster and wagonmaster in the armies
of both Taylor and Scott. He returned
to his home in Westford in 1853.
Some of the lawyers about town are
complaining bitterly about the law bust
ness. and say if it keeps on declining as
it has during the last three years there
will be nothing to do about 1890. The
dockets for the county courts % years
ago contained usually from 400 to 800
cases. while for the coming term of the
county court there will probably not be
half that number of cases entered on the
docket for trial. Rutland Herald.
Lake ~Champlain's sea serpant has been
seen again. say the Burlington Free
the lower end of the lake. but a farmer
saw the monster near Miller'> marsh. Just
north of TicOnderoga. the other day. He
reports it as being 30 to 35 feet long with
a head a large a that of Il biz dog. 1t
swan from the T%icOnderoga side directly
across the lake. The observer wa from
Street road. which is the temperance part
of Ticonderoga.
The American Architect has a fine
print of Supervising Architect NJ. +.
Bells design for the post-otfice and COURT
house at Montpelier. Vt. 1t is a two
story building of stone. with a tower
a story higher at one corner. The EN-
frances are in this tower: on the right
side i a massive apse or swell, charging
and lighting the postal working-room,
and in the next story giving space for
the courtroom. The architecture is
Richardsonian. the Roman arch prevail
ing. and gives an impression of substan-
tial Observation-Disclosures Republican.
Stannard Post. q. y. r., of Burlington
has Just heard from a wandering comrade.
Norman j. Nichols, who is now chief en-
gineer and superintendent of a govern
ment railroad in Colombia, South .Ameri-
ca. Mr.. Nichols is a native of Essex.
where his parents now reside. He en-
listed in August, 1862, as a private in
Company q. Second Vermont. He was
an early member of Stannard Post. but
went TO South America about 10 years
ago. and now writes to know how he can
be restored to membership, so that he
can be transferred to some other post if
he returns TO this country.
The Burlington Free Press calls atten-
ton to an act which has recently passed
the Legislature of the Province of Quebec
in which every property owner on the
shores of Lake Champlain is directly in
terested. The plan involved is TO build
a dam fou feet high at the foot of the
lake at St. Johns and utilize the water
power thus created for manufacturing